William Faulkner Quotes
There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
William Faulkner
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We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.
Laurent Fabius
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I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
Joel Osteen
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I charged Mr. Pitt with having come into office upon unconstitutional grounds, and upon such principles as were disgraceful to himself, disgusting to the country, and such as must necessarily deprive him and his coadjutors of the confidence of that House.
Charles James Fox
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Um aber unsere Klassiker so falsch beurteilen und so beschimpfend ehren zu können, muß man sie gar nicht mehr kennen: und dies ist die allgemeine Tatsache. Denn sonst müßte man wissen, daß es nur eine Art gibt, sie zu ehren, nämlich dadurch, daß man fortfährt, in ihrem Geiste und mit ihrem Mute zu suchen, und dabei nicht müde wird.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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If a man has reported to you, that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make any defense (answer) to what has been told you: but reply, The man did not know the rest of my faults, for he would not have mentioned these only. (33) tr. George Long (1888).
Epictetus
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You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're just their puppet.
Johnny Galecki
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Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.
Oscar Wilde
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
William Shakespeare
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The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.
Charles Dickens
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When given the opportunity to fail myself or fail someone else, I choose to fail myself.
James Murphy
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There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
William Faulkner
